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Fli
07-31-2017, 10:48 PM
Hello,

what is the best and fastest way to create/seed and download torrent on Linux?

Here is what i found: ctorrent

Installation

Redat/Fedora/CentOS:
yum install epel-release -y;yum install ctorrent

Debian/Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install ctorrent

Downloading torrent

Download torrent file:
wget http://domain.com/some.torrent

Open screen so can safely torrenting at background:
screen

Start downloading torrent contents:
ctorrent some.torrent

Detach the screen:
Ctrl+A , d

Re-attach the screen:
screen -r

Creating & seeding torrent

Go to screen so can do torrenting at background:
screen

Create new .torrent file (can use any open tracker):
ctorrent -t -u "http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce" -s "example.torrent" /home/user/Downloads/FileORFolderToSeed

Detach the screen:
Ctrl+A , d

Re-attach the screen:
screen -r